Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 9 - Chapter 1 - Verse 21-22

Sanskrit:

ददौ प्राचीं दिशं होत्रे ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां दिशम् ।अध्वर्यवे प्रतीचीं वै उद्गात्रे उत्तरां दिशम् ॥ २१ ॥अन्येभ्योऽवान्तरदिश: कश्यपाय च मध्यत: ।आर्यावर्तमुपद्रष्ट्रे सदस्येभ्यस्तत: परम् ॥ २२ ॥

ITRANS:

dadau prācīṁ diśaṁ hotrebrahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṁ diśamadhvaryave pratīcīṁ vaiudgātre uttarāṁ diśam

Translation:

After completing the sacrifice, Lord Paraśurāma gave the eastern direction to the hotā as a gift, the south to the brahmā, the west to the adhvaryu, the north to the udgātā, and the four corners — northeast, southeast, northwest and southwest — to the other priests. He gave the middle to Kaśyapa and the place known as Āryāvarta to the upadraṣṭā. Whatever remained he distributed among the sadasyas, the associate priests.

Purport:

The tract of land in India between the Himālaya Mountains and the Vindhya Hills is called Āryāvarta.